Phoenix

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

PHOENIX(Φοίνιξ).

1. A river of Malis, flowing into the Asopus, S. of the latter, and at the distance of 15 stadia from Thermopylae. (Hdt. 7.198; Strab. 9. p. 428; Leake, Northern Greece, vol. 2. p. 32.)


2. A river of Thessaly, flowing into the Apidanus. (Vibius Sequest. p. 16; Plin. Nat. 4.8. s. 15; Lucan (Luc. 6.374; Leake, Northern Greece, vol. 4. p. 515.)


3. A small river of Achaia. [Vol. 1. 13b.]

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